It is Funny I was thinking the exact same thing. I thought the purpose of an ISP is to provide an internet connection. The users are then charged for that internet connection which covers costs and is obviously profitable (look at the ISP's CEO's boats). Why aren't the telecoms going after American Idol for flooding the phone lines with calls when they ask all those Tweens to vote? Or better yet lets go after the World Cup for causing a flood of viewers on the cable networks for watching... The ISPs are in the business of providing bandwidth to their users and are being paid very well for doing so. I hope the European courts do not disapoint me and throw this ridiculous claim out of the court room.

Using Toyota's recent example of the gas pedal sticking. Let's assume that like any responsible CEO Toyota's has the same goal. Boost the bottom line and keep it there. It will always be in the companies best interest to fix or at the very least address openly a reported personal safety or security concern. If you wait and hold back the general population will be very slow to return to your product if at all. Having a brief drop in sales for one quarter is better than having a drop in sales for 2-3 years plus the potential added expense of a PR campaign to regain consumer trust.

As a male who is 6 ft 2 and 240 LBS I share the comments made by the gentleman above. I will not humbly take 'Punishment' from anyone. I would expect a teacher to act appropriately, politically correct & professionally in a class room. Please note the lack of the word violently in the above. If a teacher were to have hit me in the class room they better be prepared for me to defend myself. Further up in this post is a very interesting comment which makes me question this law as a whole. 21 is in fact 3 years after you become a legal adult. What is the law surrounding assault and battery and similar offenses in New York as it applies to adults? Something tells me that this law and those probably don't jive well together.

A very good catch. Something else to consider is WHY the mother lost custody. As someone further down in these posts mentioned it takes a heck of a lot for a female to lose custody of her child. Even if the father, grandparents or aunts or uncles are better suited to be a parent it is often the case where the courts will still side with the mother. The custody of the 16 year old child should have been mentioned in the summary...although by not including that detail it did add a bit more shock value. Hope the kid wins.

A comment well deserving of a beer. Lets not also forget the intended purpose of a space suit. Their needs to be room for tubing for Air, cables to check vitals and ports to connect into other systems I am certainly not aware of. There is a reason why space suits look the way they do now. Watch the end product look just like the current model but with a pink sash over it.

If you read Graff's comment below his response says it all in the last line. Basically he/she has not need for a jail-broken device therefore cannot appreciate why others do. It is an unfortunate stance to take but so many people are in the same boat. If I recall correctly Apple when they were 1st making their attempt at re-entering the market in a big way released a version of the macbook that had an auto shut off shock censor in the HDD. There was a hacker who modded the laptop to have the screen turn with the laptop as it was rotated using those censors. Steve Jobs reverted back to his original days in the garage if but for only a few minutes in the press conference and said how much he loved this innovation. Apple took (bought) it and this innovation is now a staple in most Apple devices. Almost immediately after that I remember Apple pulling a 180 on community innovation such as the screen mod. I see this story as no different.